Tiling.



B. CROSBY.

FILING.

APPLIOATION rI'L'm) JAN. 23, 1007.

Patented Sept. 15,1808.

3 Mme n ton wi mvmeo flanges or hoods which are adaptedto engageyo'nd one end, one end of the upper section 1 No. 898,560. I

-ofthe United States,

- connected UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

BERT CROSBY, or DAYTON TOWNSHIR'BUTLER' COUNTY, Iowa,

' 'rnime.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 23, 1907. Serial No. 353,714.

Patented Sept. 15, 190 8.;

To all whom a may am. l

Be a known that I, BERT Cnosnv, a citizen residin at Dayton township, in the county of Butler and State 5 of Iowa, have invented certain new and usei ful Improvements in Tiling; and I do hereby j deolarethe followin to be a full, clear, and 1 exact description 0% the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tiling, and the object of the invention is to produce an apparatus of this nature whereby the sections may be revented from lateral movement, afforr ing means for. keeping out foreign or other matter likely to pass between the joints.

. The invention consistsfurther i'n otherdetails of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the aceonb panying drawings, in which Figure l 'is a perspective view of a 'tile made up of two sections and in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewv showing another section of tile adaptedto be to the tile shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe upper section of the tile, and Fig. 4 is a cross sectional 1 view through the two sections.of a tile.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the lower section'of the tile-having a reinforced bottom A, fiat upon its under edge. Said section is substantiall: semi-cylindrical upon its inner surface and the outer faces of its sides'are slightly convexed incontour;

. B desi nates the upper section of the tile which has a reinforcedportiomD extending about the marginal edge thereof andsaid reinforced portion projects over one end of the sec tion and the two longitudinal sides, forming fthe outer circumference of the lowensection' adjacent to its upper end; when the two sections of the tile are adj usted together, as shown in Figs. 1 2 and 4 of the drawings. Said hoods it will be noted, project beyond the ion itudinal edges of the upper section and a so be upper conformin I lower section against which" they bear, the of each upper section having a shoulderfor gthe reception of the.

having a shoulder for the reception of the hood which projects from the adjacent .sec- -tion. These hoods are slightly concaved on their inner faces andadapted to conform to the curvature of the outer-surfaces of the lower section and, by the joint thus formed, the'sections may expand under. any internal force within'the tiling and, owing to the par ticular manner in which the hoods engage the lower section, the inflow of Water. fromthe outside will be effectually prevented. The reinforced portion formed u on the upper seetion, at one end thereof 1s, s aced apart therefrom in order toreceive t e flange of the opposite end of another tile, thereby coveringthe- 'oints through which material would otheri vise fall in the event of the tiles being slightly displaced. The eonc'aved flange projecting'beyond the end of the tile section and'nlsofbeyond the lon itudinal edges thereof not only'serve to hol jthe'sections against lateral movement but also hold the sections in' ali nement with'each other.

By reinforcing "the: portions of the upper section of the the adjacent to its joints, it will be noted that a substantial tile is afforded which willre'sist heavy pressure which might come uponthe same for any pur ose.

By the revision of a ti e made as shown and des'cri fed, it will be noted that the sections may be nested together for storage or shipping purposes, space.

What I claim is:'

A tile made up of an upper and alo'wcr section, the lower section having fiat bottoms with their upper surfaces semi-cylindrical, the outer surfaces of the lower sections being slightly convexed, the upper sections-having flanges projeeting beyond. one end thereof and the longitudinal edges of the section, the flanges upon the longitudinal edges of the section being slightly concaved" and to the" convexed surface of the outer surface of one end projecting flange of an adjacent section, said flanges being raised above the surfaeeof the upper section, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' BERT CROSBY.

Witnessesz E. D. WILcox', FRED Snfrz.

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